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Moraea polystachya

Growing wild in garden, 115 Mount View Road, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 11/07/2016, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Herbs - Monocots

Simplified description

Corm; stems with 3-5 linear channeled leaves; flowers larger than most in genus Moraea; winter flowering.

Flower colours

Blue, Violet/Purple, Yellow

Habitat

Garden escape in gravel driveways, paths, rockeries. First collected as adventive in 2016, but known for many years before that in one garden in Whanganui.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Moraea

Family

Iridaceae

Authority

Moraea polystachya (Thunberg) Ker

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1990 (Eastwood Hill, Gisborne)

Origin

South Africa

Reason for introduction

Ornamental

Tolerances

Drought tolerant

Life cycle and dispersal

Spreads by seed

Propagation technique

Seed and corms

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